Chapter 148 New Year's Eve
The daughter-in-law of the Li family and Zhou family are about the same age as Xue, and they work very quickly. In addition, Honglian and a few others, they all divided two chopped meat and two chopped vegetables. It didn't take long to finish the dumpling filling. Xue and Zhu went to live the noodles and put them on the kang to wake up.
There were too many people and couldn't let go of one room, so I divided it into two rooms. Fortunately, the Xu family really had several panels, otherwise it wouldn't be enough. Sister Xue's sister-in-law made dumplings in the old lady's house. Li and Zhou made dumplings in the west room.
After all, there are so many people and the power is great. It doesn’t take long to make several dumplings covered with curtains. "Let’s just keep these stuffings tight, put more, and keep enough for it." Chen said.
The dumplings that started to be made at the end of You hour were all over by the beginning of Hai hour. Seeing that it was still early, Chen asked to bring all the dumplings outside, and then everyone chatted with melon seeds in the house.
Jinghan went to cook a lot of Yamana lumps, and also put the red skins and grape cakes from the mountains, "Grandma, mom, Aunt San, Aunt Si, Aunt Wu, come and drink some. This thing is good to digest food and relieve greasiness." Jinghan poured a bowl for everyone.
Wanting didn't like greasy food when she was pregnant, but during the Chinese New Year, she made some big fish and meat. She didn't feel comfortable eating in the afternoon. Now she looked at the purple-red soup in the bowl, and it looked pretty good. After taking a sip, it was sour and sweet, and it was very appetizing. "Jinghan, what are you doing? It's really delicious."
"Aunt Wu, these are some wild fruits on the mountain. I dried them in autumn, and took them out and boiled them in water, so I could drink them comfortably. How can we have that delicious food in our farmhouse? It's just a mess." Jinghan said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law, how did you give birth to a smart daughter like Jinghan? You can get everything. I don't care. These things have to be decorated for me. I just want to eat some sour things this day." Wanting was not a heretic, so she asked Jinghan for these things.
"Aunt Wu, what's the point of this? We're idle in autumn, we've done a lot of things, and we've got everything. I'll find you tomorrow, but you have to eat less red skin in the mountains. That thing also has the effect of promoting blood circulation. Eating too much is not good for you. All the remaining mountain grape cakes are all, and you're enough." Jinghan was very happy that Aunt Wu liked the little things that she could poke at will.
"Jinghan, didn't Mingyu even send two baskets of oranges that day? I remember putting them in the backyard, right? Go and see if it's rotten. If there is any good one, pick some and let's eat some." Chen suddenly remembered this. He has been busy these days, but he forgot about this.
Jinghan also forgot about this, so he quickly agreed and led Jingwan and a few to the back to pick up oranges. He came to the ear room in the backyard and found the two baskets of oranges in the corner. The ones that do not burn on fire in this ear room are just stored, and the temperature inside is very low. Fortunately, there are some quilts and other things around the oranges, so they should not be frozen.
Everyone opened the things outside and lifted the basket lid, "Honglian, take the lamp closer, let me see how the orange is."
Honglian walked forward as she said, and under the dim light, Jinghan carefully checked the oranges. She didn't know what kind of oranges Mingyu chose, but they were very resistant to storage. They were still very full, neither shriveled nor rotten. Jinghan took the basket from Jingwan's hand, picked up two full baskets of oranges, and then stopped. "Okay, these are enough to eat at night. You have to eat the remaining days, so it will save you from being damaged."
Everyone came to the front with the basket. When Chen saw the orange, he felt it was very strange. "Hurry up and everyone will try it, we don't have it."
Jinghan distributed oranges to everyone, then went to the west room, and all of them all, and then everyone opened them to taste them. In Jinghan's previous life, the oranges were not considered good things at all and they often ate them. However, because the journey was long and there was no convenient transportation in this life, many fruits were not eaten. Now that I have eaten this orange again, I feel much better than those in my previous life.
"This thing tastes really good. Oh, what do you think Mingyu's home looks like? You can get all the fruits from the south. Wanting, if you like to eat, eat more." The old lady had never eaten oranges before. She thought the taste was very good, so she thought that her daughter-in-law should also love it.
"Grandma, it's okay for Aunt Wu to eat some of this, but you can't eat too much, otherwise you will have jaundice when the baby is waiting for it. The face and body are yellow, which is a disease. However, for this little bit of Aunt Wu's eating is nothing." Jinghan said quickly.
"The little girl knows a lot. OK, I know. If you send some of this stuff to your elder sister, there is really not much left. Wanting, if you like to eat, leave more for you." The old lady is now in her heart.
"Mom, no, as Jinghan said, it's really bad to eat too much of this thing. Besides, what we can encounter occasionally is not unusual when we are outside. It's better to leave more to each family. Here, oranges are rare things." After all, Wanting was born into a great family and had seen these things, but Jinghan did not make those things more attractive to her.
After eating the oranges, it was already past the middle of the hour. Xue went to the kitchen to light the fire, poured half a pot of water into both large pots, and waited for the water to boil, and then you could cook the dumplings.
Wen Han and others went to wake up the old man, Zhixin and the others, and they had to take the papers later.
As soon as the hour arrived, Xue started cooking dumplings inside the house, and the old man outside led the man from the family to set up a table of heaven and earth outside, with tribute and other things on it. The old man lit a lot of burning paper in front of the table of heaven and earth, and then carried a few scratch papers to the north of the house, and also burned it at the door.
When the dumplings were cooked in the house, Xue took out two bowls first, put one bowl in the north, and brought the other bowl outside, with a pair of chopsticks placed horizontally on the bowl.
After all these things were finished, everyone went into the house to eat dumplings. They were still divided into two rooms like in the afternoon.
The dumplings were filled with copper coins, jujubes and peanuts. No matter who ate them, everyone would congratulate him with a smile. For a moment, the room was laughing and very lively.
The dumplings on New Year’s Eve are just that, no one can eat much. In order to eat a copper coin, the children put their stomachs hard. Chen looked at the children, and was happy from the bottom of their hearts and kept smiling.
After eating the dumplings, everyone cleaned up the table, and then the old man and the old lady sat on the kang, and all the grandchildren on the ground knelt down and kowtowed to the two old men to greet the new year. The old man quickly asked them all to get up, and then Chen started to send red envelopes, one for each person, and there was a small silver croaker inside.
After the children kowtowed, the servants outside also came in in batches to kowtow to the old man and the old lady to wish him New Year. Of course, Chen also had to send a red envelope to everyone, and each red envelope contained a hundred cents. "It's the New Year, it's just a lucky thing. If you don't have much money, take it all, don't dislike it."
The dumplings have also been eaten and the New Year has been worshipping each other. After a while, we couldn't stand it anymore. So the old man said, asking everyone to go to bed. "Okay, don't wait here, hurry up, neighbors near people's house will come to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow. Don't let us not get up when the people come."
This day was indeed tiring enough. Everyone went back to their rooms and fell asleep within a short while.
On the first and second grades of the lunar calendar, it is both a day for visiting relatives and friends. There are two elderly people in the Xu family, so neighbors nearby come to greet the elderly first. Even Ye Er and Shopkeeper Sun came to pay New Year's greetings on the second grade of the lunar calendar. The Xing family led their wife and children to come over, and now the Xu family became lively again.
Chen took Xing's wife, He, and the two of them chatted about Jinghan and Zixuan. "Niece-in-law, do you think this is true? Let's find a day in February and set up the marriage between the two, so that it will be legitimate. Jinghan has set up a shop in the county, and she probably has to go to the county. Then she will be together and meet often. If they are arranged to kiss, they will be more comfortable."
"Aunt, since you said that, I'm not too happy. After the marriage was settled, we let go of our hearts. In the future, Zixuan can study steadily, but I still expect him to be admitted to a juren. Then, we will have a double happiness." When He heard the old lady's plan, he agreed. His son was about to be possessed by Jinghan. How could he not think about his son as a mother?
"Then we'll just say that. When the first month of the year comes, you'll find a matchmaker and let's discuss the engagement. After Jinghan gets engaged, I can really let go of my heart. This girl has a stubborn temper. But now I look at her and can make clothes for Zixuan. I have never seen her do needlework before. Thanks to Zixuan spoiling her, she is very happy to do anything. If she changes someone, wouldn't she be disgusted with Jinghan's needlework?" The old lady was afraid that He would disgusted with Jinghan's needlework, so she said this on purpose.
"If my aunt is, I have seen the clothes Zixuan took back. It's not bad, and stitches are fine. Jinghan just practices less. If she practices more, she will not be worse than others." Of course, He was not dissatisfied. She saw that the older child had a personality since she was a child. How could she not know?
After hearing this, the old lady felt relieved, "Jinghan is still young. I think if she can always have this energy, she can really practice needlework. Who knows, it's okay for winter, she can calm down and wait until the outside is warmer, she is busier than anyone else, so where can she have time to do needlework?"
Chapter completed!